Takaaki Sokabe

This study shows that ether phospholipids modulate mechanosensory and thermosensory responses in Drosophila by affecting PIEZO and TRPA1 channels.

This study shows that Drosophila larval epidermal cells, not nociceptors, mediate heat-induced sensitization to noxious stimuli through thermosensitive calcium responses involving Orai and Stim.

This study identifies alternative splicing of TRPA1 as a key mechanism driving reduced electrophile sensitivity in S. flava, enabling adaptation to toxic Brassicales plants.

This study identifies bishu-1, a monoacylglycerol acyltransferase, as essential for maintaining cool temperature sensing neuron function in Drosophila by regulating ionotropic receptor expression.

The paper identifies 2-linoleoyl glycerol (2-LG) as an endocannabinoid activated by light in Drosophila photoreceptor cells, which in turn activates TRPC channels.